Installed New Steering Wheel
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plate and the shift ball is custom made ( I guess the plate was too now that I think about it)
I am tall like you and the stock steering wheel was a pain slideing under. It is much easier getting in and out of
the vette, now.
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I bought my steering wheel complete with the bag. Now according
to Redline you must put it together and use your old bag. It looks like
I got a better deal in the past. I got a complete steering wheel and I have my old
steering wheel. Redline offered to buy my wheel for $50, I declined.
I hope that helps .
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Yeah it does, thanks. Unfortunately it sounds like the wheel you have isn't really available anymore. One of the reasons that I really like yours is that the bag seems to match the outer portion of the wheel so much better.
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My steering wheel is alot different than the OP's.
I bought my steering wheel complete with the bag. Now according
to Redline you must put it together and use your old bag. It looks like
I got a better deal in the past. I got a complete steering wheel and I have my old
steering wheel. Redline offered to buy my wheel for $50, I declined.
I hope that helps .
I bought my steering wheel complete with the bag. Now according
to Redline you must put it together and use your old bag. It looks like
I got a better deal in the past. I got a complete steering wheel and I have my old
steering wheel. Redline offered to buy my wheel for $50, I declined.
I hope that helps .
I already have an aftermarket D-shaped steering wheel but have been wanting to swap it out as I made some additional mods of my original mods.
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MSGC5...
My new air bag surface is leather. When I ordered mine, I could chose
the leathers and the entire steering wheel was ordered (and included a stripe
if I wanted one). I paid $700, for a complete custom steering wheel. Redline
made a high quality product for me. It did take a LONG time to build but the results
were worth it.
My new air bag surface is leather. When I ordered mine, I could chose
the leathers and the entire steering wheel was ordered (and included a stripe
if I wanted one). I paid $700, for a complete custom steering wheel. Redline
made a high quality product for me. It did take a LONG time to build but the results
were worth it.
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Yeah, I might still consider it, but I greatly prefer the look of the leather over the bag like road pilot has. I find that the vinyl in the center with the leather around it just doesn't look quite right. I see that Redline says they can do full custom orders. Perhaps if I talk to them, they can make what I want.
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My steering wheel was done by Redline, also. Nothing fancy but it's much nicer than the original wheel was. The latter had a custom cover that had worn completely through in some spots, on the top.
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Looks great! I’m still holding out for a smaller diameter airbag retaining option personally.
I’ve found, for me anyway, that once you really start tapping into the cars potential the size of the wheel becomes an issue. Again, just me personally. A lot of it has to do with the ratio as well.
It could be a trick of the angle, but the flat bottom one does looks smaller. Did you happen to measure them?
I’ve found, for me anyway, that once you really start tapping into the cars potential the size of the wheel becomes an issue. Again, just me personally. A lot of it has to do with the ratio as well.
It could be a trick of the angle, but the flat bottom one does looks smaller. Did you happen to measure them?
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My shifter and plate. It looks alittle more custom.
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Thanks for posting. Sometimes less is more as these two really jump out as nice, straightforward alternatives for a stock C5 black interior.
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That's where I got mine from (Autodynamics West) but did not get Carbon Fiber just leather, the pict was posted up above on an earlier reply.
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